I'm just thinking that one tree per 6ft panel is too many, most of the trees you mention will quite quickly grow more than 6ft wide, and probably up to 24ft or more high. I would suggest using your liriodendron and amelanchier and perhaps one other with maybe some taller shrubs not more than 8-10ft high in the gaps between? Maybe evergreens to give you more screening in the winter.
If you have other garden areas, I'm not quite sure I would want to draw attention to the childrens play area - they are often not the most attractive.
Hope this helps - I've got a similar dilemma and I keep dithering too! It's worth taking your time though if you're planting relatively expensive trees.
Thanks and hi Lizzie, the fagus and prunus trees im considering grow to a 2m width as columnar varieties. Of course the others will be wider and im not sure mixing the two widths will look ok, but would need fewer trees and hopefully less cost.
Ponder, ponder..
Lirio, crab, amelancgier?
Will have to look up flowering almond fairy
definately don't want fruit trees.
Will have to consider overhang to ndn, which is probably why I got onto the columnar idea.
I like crab apples, not too near the fence because of overhang, but they aren't too big and have blossom in spring and fruit, for birds or jellies, in autumn. Pretty with daffodils planted underneath. There are some very nice columnar beech near here.
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Mrs garden why don't you get cracking this weekend and get in the ones you already have and then you will have a better idea of how it looks and go from there
You could get one tree/ shrub at a time and build the picture up as think it's pretty hard and long job planting up trees etc
Some of the trees you have in mind seem rather huge... you only need to screen the view from those upper windows and as you can see on the pics, something 4m tall would be quite enough. Maybe something more modest but still upright would be better...
Prunus sargentii
Viburnum Bodnantense Dawn
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
I don't think Holly so close to where children play would be a good idea.Those prickly leaves are very sharp and hang arounfd for a long time.You wouldn't want to bounce on then on the trampoline!
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Wish to block the whole lot out ( sun in my favour!) especially between the houses where the main road is visible.
Trampoline is to the left of the slide (looking from the garden).
I do have a liriodendron and an amelanchier that can go along the fence or somewhere else.
Was thinking of one per panel but absolutely useless at making a decision.
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I'm just thinking that one tree per 6ft panel is too many, most of the trees you mention will quite quickly grow more than 6ft wide, and probably up to 24ft or more high. I would suggest using your liriodendron and amelanchier and perhaps one other with maybe some taller shrubs not more than 8-10ft high in the gaps between? Maybe evergreens to give you more screening in the winter.
If you have other garden areas, I'm not quite sure I would want to draw attention to the childrens play area - they are often not the most attractive.
Hope this helps - I've got a similar dilemma and I keep dithering too! It's worth taking your time though if you're planting relatively expensive trees.
Ponder, ponder..
Lirio, crab, amelancgier?
Will have to look up flowering almond fairy
definately don't want fruit trees.
Will have to consider overhang to ndn, which is probably why I got onto the columnar idea.
I like crab apples, not too near the fence because of overhang, but they aren't too big and have blossom in spring and fruit, for birds or jellies, in autumn. Pretty with daffodils planted underneath. There are some very nice columnar beech near here.
Mrs garden why don't you get cracking this weekend and get in the ones you already have and then you will have a better idea of how it looks and go from there
You could get one tree/ shrub at a time and build the picture up as think it's pretty hard and long job planting up trees etc
Some of the trees you have in mind seem rather huge... you only need to screen the view from those upper windows and as you can see on the pics, something 4m tall would be quite enough. Maybe something more modest but still upright would be better...
Prunus sargentii
Viburnum Bodnantense Dawn
I don't think Holly so close to where children play would be a good idea.Those prickly leaves are very sharp and hang arounfd for a long time.You wouldn't want to bounce on then on the trampoline!